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Enyo goes Open source and Cross platform

Exciting news as Enyo, the framework that powers webOS, is now officially Open Source and also cross platform – it can run in any Desktop and mobile browser (and via Phonegap can be easily ported to native code for the … Continue reading...

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The Touchpad in the MRI

Amazing, who would have thought – The TouchPad and MRI: Works like no other reported by our friend Riz Parvez at Precentral.net. So there is an advantage to that finger print magnet of a plastic case after all! MRI rooms … Continue readi...

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Medical app development: branching off from webOS

The past two years has been eventful for webOS. From a promising start in 2009, webOS has seen pretty much a roller coaster ride which now might come to an end, unfortunately, on the descent. While we await Meg Whitman’s … Continue readi...

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Lexi-comp and the Pre 3

Ever since Epocrates pulled the plug on webOS support, Lexi-comp steadfastly stood by and provided support for both webOS smartphones as well as the new Touchpad. It was practically the only major medical software vendor left as far as an … Co...

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It’s not quite over yet

Alright, the music may had died but the Fat Lady hasn’t sung yet. Although there are no signs of any new webOS hardware being released, and only bundled Touchpads available from retailers, webOS the software component is still being supported &...

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Purchasing apps in the HP Touchpad App Catalog – a guide for those outside “official countries”

You might think this is a no-brainer but for those living outside the “official list” of countries where one can purchase apps, “geo-restriction” has been a huge obstacle to getting apps. HP/Palm lifted it somewhat when they m...

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The day the music died

I started singin’, “bye-bye, miss american pie.” Drove my chevy to the levee, But the levee was dry. Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye And singin’, “this’ll be the day that I die. “this’ll be the day … Co...

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The @HP TouchPad has landed #webOS

July 1, 2011 marks the official launch of the HP Touchpad, the first tablet sized computer running webOS originally designed from the ground up by Palm for mobile devices. The Touchpad will run webOS 3.0, the latest version designed to … Conti...

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Another demo video of the HP Touchpad

This one shows Citrix Receiver for webOS in action. Why is this exciting? Citrix is being widely used by the healthcare industry as a means to provide employees to access applications licensed by the organisation. This means a Citris Receiver &hellip...

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App updates and collaboration on Ares for webOS

Ares as you might know, is HP (formerly Palm)’s great browser based application development platform for creating webOS apps. It’s so easy that I have been using Ares exclusively for my webOS apps. One thing some might not be aware &helli...

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My current devices

Those of us who are avid mobile users would often have 2, 3 or more smartphones. I thought I’d share my current active devices and my thoughts on how useful these are. My current main smartphone is a webOS device, … Continue reading &rar...

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Rumor: A medical partner for HP webOS?

Epocrates has recently sent yet another email reminder that their app will be removed from the webOS App Catalog as of February 1, 2001 and installed versions will cease to work as of June 14, 2011. One can’t help but … Continue reading ...

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